Nintendo and Opera release the Wii Internet Channel
Posted by inpheaux on December 22nd, 2006 at 9:31 amAs promised, Nintendo and Opera put the "trial" version of the Wii Internet Channel up in the Wii shop early thismorning. I had some time to play around with it before heading in to work, and found it pretty impressive. Here's the rundown:
The Good:
It renders pretty much everything perfectly, thanks to the already great Opera [...]
Smash-hit Flash game “Line Rider” coming to Wii and DS
Posted by inpheaux on December 19th, 2006 at 11:51 pmA few months ago, you probably saw the little Flash toy Line Rider. Like nearly all amazing Flash toys, it was simple. Draw a line, hit play, watch your little sledder fly off into oblivion. Despite having a very simple set of tools, Line Rider is flexible enough that it can be used to make [...]
Nintendo launches the Forecast Channel, Opera coming Friday
Posted by inpheaux on December 19th, 2006 at 10:36 amAfter a delay which occurred for no apparent reason, Nintendo has launched the first of several add-on channels for the Wii. First up is the Forecast Channel, which has . . well . . weather. Rather than having it based on zip code, you pick your location from a list of states and cities (or, [...]
Still can’t find a Wii or PS3? Amazon will hook you up.
Posted by inpheaux on December 16th, 2006 at 5:37 pm. . . If you're lucky.
For the past couple weeks, Amazon has been running a "Customers Vote" program, where every week they put up a selection of three products which are either hard to find, or are at a severely reduced price. The first deal they ran was an Xbox 360 Core system for $100. [...]
Steam knocked out by a blustery day
Posted by inpheaux on December 15th, 2006 at 10:24 pmLong before Steam was released, and continuing up through today, one of the key arguments against the otherwise wonderful electronic delivery system for games was very clear and very simple: What happens if Steam disappears? If for some reason Steam isn't there anymore, you'd lose access to all the games you've paid for. Until now, [...]
Nintendo replaces everyone’s Wii straps
Posted by inpheaux on December 15th, 2006 at 10:33 amDo you have poor control over your arms? Do you flail around like a moron while playing Wii Sports? Do you profusely sweat buckets from your hands as soon as you pick up a controller? Well, after highly publicized cautionary tales of how you lot can be hazards to small children, yourselves, your friends, and [...]
Firefly rises from the dead in MMORPG form
Posted by King_Andy on December 8th, 2006 at 12:04 amWired News is reporting that a company called "Multiverse" has secured the rights to produce a MMORPG based on the Firefly license. For the uninitiated, Firefly was a short-lived TV series from Joss Whedon which happens to be one of the greatest works of science fiction ever. The Firefly story certainly has great potential for [...]
Halo 3 public beta signups begin tonight
Posted by inpheaux on December 4th, 2006 at 7:20 pmQuick update: Halo 3 beta signups start tonight at Halo3.com. We don't know exactly when, but it's likely to go live some time during Monday Night Football, since Microsoft is running a Halo 3 ad during tonight's game, which starts at 2030 ET.
This is expected to be just one of several methods to get into [...]
Gamespot deploys all-360 advertising for their PS3 subsection
Posted by inpheaux on November 30th, 2006 at 6:59 pmSometimes these things just write themselves.
Today, Gamespot unveiled a new overbearing gigantic ad-filled version of one of their pages. This is nothing new, and isn't the punchline. Most of us remember the glory that was McIGN, but I feel this goes a step (or seventeen) too far.
The page in question was their PS3 [...]
Downtime & Review updates
Posted by inpheaux on November 27th, 2006 at 11:19 pmHey, we had some downtime. Our wonderful hosts got excited and decided they needed to pull our interweb plug for 24 hours and not tell me why, and then when they told me why they refused to let me back on. We're better now. We have come to terms.
Also, now that we're back up, we've [...]